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title: "_PointerType"
description: "Swift documentation for '_PointerType': A stdlib-internal protocol modeled by the intrinsic pointer types,."
keywords: "_PointerType,protocol,swift,documentation,_rawValue"
root: "/v1.2"
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<div class="intro-declaration"><code class="language-swift">protocol _PointerType</code></div>

<div class="discussion comment">
    <p>A stdlib-internal protocol modeled by the intrinsic pointer types,
UnsafeMutablePointer, UnsafePointer, and
AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer.</p>
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<th id="inheritance">Inheritance</th>
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<span class="viz"><a href="hierarchy/">View Protocol Hierarchy &rarr;</a></span>
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<th>Import</th>
<td><code class="language-swift">import Swift</code></td>
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<h3>Initializers</h3>
<div class="declaration" id="init_">
<a class="toggle-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#comment-init_">init(<wbr>_:)</a> <span class="required">Required</span><div class="comment collapse" id="comment-init_"><div class="p">
    <p>Construct a pointer from a raw value.</p>

    <h4>Declaration</h4>    
    <code class="language-swift">init(_ _rawValue: Builtin.RawPointer)</code>

    </div></div>
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<h3>Instance Variables</h3>
<div class="declaration" id="var-rawvalue_-builtin-rawpointer">
<a class="toggle-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#comment-var-rawvalue_-builtin-rawpointer">var _rawValue: Builtin.RawPointer</a> <span class="required">Required</span><div class="comment collapse" id="comment-var-rawvalue_-builtin-rawpointer"><div class="p">
    <p>The underlying raw pointer value.</p>

    <h4>Declaration</h4>    
    <code class="language-swift">var _rawValue: Builtin.RawPointer { get }</code>

    </div></div>
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